A woman heads for the doors of the arriving women only train at Ueno Station, Tokyo, while a man waits for a train heading the opposite direction.
The ruggedly beautiful coastline of southwestern Honshu Island is worth the day-long journey from Tokyo, Kyoto or other major cities on the east coast of the island.
All I heard about was how expensive the food in Tokyo would be.
Piss Alley, Shinjuku.
In Den Den Town, Osaka`s answer to Tokyo`s Akihabara, game shops and cosplay accessories pile up.
My husband and I ended up at the Kyoto train station on our way back to Tokyo.
A Buddhist monk steps toward the flame with a bucket of water at the Hiwatari Matsuri, or fire walking festival, at Mount Takao outside of Tokyo, Japan.
A Japanese dish consisting of a pan-fried batter and whatever other ingredients you want thrown in.
A couple of train stops from our old house in Japan was Enoshima Island, a popular tourist destination for people traveling from Tokyo.
It's often said, that when travelling to Kyoto, you have to work hard to find the beauty.